cindyRN 2006

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1. Internship in the ER

   cindyRN 2006 replied to cindyRN 2006's topic in Emergency

   I will be working under my LPN license. I realize that the scopes are different and I will be very careful not to practice out of my licensed scope. Thank you so very much for the

2. Who attends/attended Indian Hills Communtity College

   cindyRN 2006 replied to S.N. Visit's topic in Indiana Nursing

   actually I am a current IHCC student and it actually has a great reputation for turning out some of the the most expierenced nurses in this area. Des Moines is a bigger hospital however there is not...

3. Internship in the ER

   cindyRN 2006 posted a topic in Emergency

   YEAH!!!! I have been accepted as an intern in our emergency department. I am so excited but of course nervous. I will be interning as a LPN under that license since I am still in school for my RN. My...

4. Pain: Defined by patient or provider?

   cindyRN 2006 replied to wildcats's topic in General Nursing

   Pain is determined by the patient. Pain is what the patient says it is, that is why we provide the pain scale because pain is subjective so we give the PATIENT a scale to rate THEIR pain. I have...

5. bummed about available lpn positions

   cindyRN 2006 replied to jab3da's topic in General Nursing

   I hear you. I don't really need to work as a LPN but when I passed my boards in July I thought I would get somthing just PRN to get my foot in the door or part time just to gain expierence. There are...

6. I have a question for everyone

   cindyRN 2006 replied to southern_rn_brat's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   In small hospitals this is a common practice. You have to mix your own

7. Rn in charge who has a temper?

   cindyRN 2006 replied to milenko's topic in General Nursing

   It is your duty to report her. What if you didn't and next time she gets "mad" she seriously injures a resident. OMG. You can't worry about you right now as bad as it sounds. You have to fight for...

8. Working under threat of termination

   cindyRN 2006 replied to april34's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Dito BLack cat, Could not have said it better

9. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

   cindyRN 2006 replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

   SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Funny.:) :) :rotfl: :rotfl:

10. To the 1st Time Passers

    cindyRN 2006 replied to TheCommuter's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I think when I took my boards that getting over the initial anxiety of taking boards was 3/4 the battle. IF you think about it you hear about taking boards from the time you consider becoming a nurse,...

11. Failed Nclex Twice Need Help!!!!

    cindyRN 2006 replied to candyp1308's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Candy, I am so sorry, Is it the test anxiety or do you feel unprepared? If it is a mental thing than maybe you just need to walk through it in your mind and realize that its not so bad and that you...

12. IM injections???

    cindyRN 2006 replied to carlom's topic in International Nursing

    The reason that you aspirate is so that the patient gets the med the correct route. If you don't aspirate and get it in a vein then the patient just got the med IV instead of IM. There is obviously...

13. LPN School nurse?

    cindyRN 2006 replied to AngelOvaMe's topic in School

    In Iowa I was told you have to have a BSN to be in the schools as a nurse because it is

14. Would you marry your prison pen pal?

    cindyRN 2006 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Correctional

    Oh my Goodness. I also hope that the OP is

15. Ratting students out to the instructor is wrong

    cindyRN 2006 replied to hopefully's topic in General Students

    We are adults and if someone "Ratted" someone out then the school would of investigated, you have to do somthing pretty serious to get kicked out. Maybe your not getting the entire